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Domain Shane
New gTLD Development: SYJ.LOL, InkOnSky.Tattoo, Mummy.Help
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. Screenshots are linked to the sites if you’d like to check them out for yourself. InkOnSky.Tattoo The site is developed as a free directory of tattoo artists and tattoos, and with...
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New gTLD Development: SYJ.LOL, InkOnSky.Tattoo, Mummy.Help
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. Screenshots are linked to the sites if you’d like to check them out for yourself. InkOnSky.Tattoo The site is developed as a free directory of tattoo artists and tattoos, and with...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 9:58 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 15, 2016
I took some time today to add the volume number to the table. For each name category, there is now a price and just below the price there is the volume number in parenthesis. This is the volume number used to calculate the average pr...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 15, 2016
I took some time today to add the volume number to the table. For each name category, there is now a price and just below the price there is the volume number in parenthesis. This is the volume number used to calculate the average pr...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 9:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ziff Davis buys Offers.com
Publisher gets popular website–and killer domain name–with Offers.com acquisition. Publishing company Ziff Davis, a division of publicly traded J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) has purchased Austin company Offers.com. Offers.com is a coupon code ...
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Ziff Davis buys Offers.com
Publisher gets popular website–and killer domain name–with Offers.com acquisition. Publishing company Ziff Davis, a division of publicly traded J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) has purchased Austin company Offers.com. Offers.com is a coupon code ...
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January 15, 2016, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
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Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
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Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 2:26 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 15th
Some fantastic names at Namejet today. It’s going to be easy to spend money their today. On a personal note, I finally got some sleep last night. Went out with friends (and potential friends, they may not like me) and we st...
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DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 15th
Some fantastic names at Namejet today. It’s going to be easy to spend money their today. On a personal note, I finally got some sleep last night. Went out with friends (and potential friends, they may not like me) and we st...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 10:45 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (75x on PinDrop.com, QVJ.com) and Flops (VGAS.com, Tiips.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PinDrop.com sold for 75,000 USD recently in a private transaction, vs 979 USD on 2010-09-09 at SnapNames. Dang…..what an awesome return. Kudos ...
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Domain Flips (75x on PinDrop.com, QVJ.com) and Flops (VGAS.com, Tiips.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PinDrop.com sold for 75,000 USD recently in a private transaction, vs 979 USD on 2010-09-09 at SnapNames. Dang…..what an awesome return. Kudos ...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 10:44 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 14, 2016
Yesterday I mentioned that Chaomi had changed up their main page a little bit. They removed a column and added some new data. One of the new columns purports to show the number of names in circulation for each name category. This is...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 14, 2016
Yesterday I mentioned that Chaomi had changed up their main page a little bit. They removed a column and added some new data. One of the new columns purports to show the number of names in circulation for each name category. This is...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 9:12 pm
The Domains
The Owner Of Rams.com Is Adam Dicker: Does He Want $1.8 Million or $650,000 To Sell?
According to an article appearing in 4029tv.com, Adam Dicker says he is the owner of Rams.com and he wants a minimum of $650,000 for the domain although the domain name Rams.com is up for sale with a Buy It Now (BIN) price of $1.8 Million dolla...
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The Owner Of Rams.com Is Adam Dicker: Does He Want $1.8 Million or $650,000 To Sell?
According to an article appearing in 4029tv.com, Adam Dicker says he is the owner of Rams.com and he wants a minimum of $650,000 for the domain although the domain name Rams.com is up for sale with a Buy It Now (BIN) price of $1.8 Million dolla...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
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.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
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January 14, 2016, 8:11 pm
